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Live Stock Sanitary Laws 



and 



REGULATIONS 



of the 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



Laws Regulating the Practice of Veterinary Medicine 



MARYLAND 
1918 



MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



S. M. Shoemaker, Chairman... Eccleston, Baltimore Co., Md. 

Robert Grain La Plata, Charles Co., Md. 

John M. Dennis, Treasurer. . Riderwood, Baltimore Co., Md. 
Dr. Frank J. Goodnow. . . ...Baltimore, Md. 

Carl R. Gray Baltimore, Md. 

A. W. Sisk Preston, Caroline Co., Md. 

Dr. W. W. Skinner, Secretary. Kensington, Montg'y Co., Md. 

B. John Black Roslyn, Baltimore Co., Md. 

Henry Holzapfel. Hagerstown, Wash. Co., Md. 

Dr. A. F. Woods, Executive Officer, College Park, Md. 






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LIVE STOCK SANITARY SECTION OF THE 
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 

OFFICIALS 

Raymond C. Reed, Ph. B., D. V. M. 5 

Chief, Animal Industry. 
•James B. George Secretary. 

Daniel R, Hoffman, D. V. S., 

Veterinarian in Charge of Field Work. 



ARTICLE 58, THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARY- 
LAND, AS RE-ENACTED AND AMENDED. 

1. The State Live Stock Sanitary Board is hereby abolished, Abolighing 
and all duties and powers heretofore devolved upon the Live Live stock 
Stock Sanitary Board are hereby transferred to the State Board Board. 

of Agriculture, together with such additional duties and powers 
as stated in this Act. 

2. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Agriculture, 
as far as possible, to protect the health of the domestic animals 

of the State from all exotic, contagious or infectious diseases, Quarantine, 
and glanders in horses, and for this purpose it is authorized 
and empowered to establish, maintain and enforce such quar- 
antine, sanitary or other regulations as it may deem necessary ; 
it shall constitute and prosecute diligent inquiries in the several 
counties and ascertain as far as. possible the exact condition of 
the health of the live stock in said counties, and the local boards Lo ^ 1 a ^ 6 g al ^ all 
of health of the several counties shall investigate all reported }J XYes }}^ t % 

.». ,. /• t 1- -i • Reported Cases 

cases of contagious or infectious diseases of live stock m their of Contagious 

.. -. .j, ~ 1,1 • • '(•" .■ or Infectious 

respective counties, and if found to< be contagious or miectio/us Diseases, 
shall report the same at once to the State Board of Agriculture, 
and such Board shall have the power to prevent the introduc- 
tion into this State of- animals from other states which they may 
have reason to believe are affected with a contagious or infec- 
tious disease, or have been exposed thereto, and to detain the 
same at any place for inspection or quarantine in its discretion. 

3. Upon presentation to the Governor by the State Board 
of Agriculture of the facts, showing the existence- of any con- 
tagious or infectious disease among the domestic animals of any 

other State, Territory or District, the Governor may, by proela- Governor May 
mation, declare such State, Territory or District, or any part Quarantine, 
thereof, in quarantine; and during the pendency of such quar- 
antine it shall not be lawful for any person, company or corpora- 
tion to bring into* the State of Maryland any animals or animal 
of the kind so infected from the district so quarantined; and 
any person, company or corporation, whether owner, agent or 
carrier, convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section, 
shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, 
nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense. 



Members 
of Board 
to Be Paid 
Necessary 
Expenses. 



Duties of 
Sheriffs, 
Constables, 
Policemen 
and Other 
Officers. 



4. Each member of said Board shall be paid his necessary 
expenses while in the discharge of his duties, 

5. The State Board of Agriculture shall, through its duly 
authorized or appointed officers or agents, visit the stables of 
the city and counties wherever and whenever it has reason to 
believe contagious or infectious diseases may exist; ami it 
may have its officer or agent visit any such stable at any hour, 
and said officer or agent shall have power to order all animals 
which have been exposed to such contagion or infection to be 
isolated in such manner as the nature thereof may in his judg- 
ment render necessary to prevent the spreading of such disease ; 
to order that any premises, farm or farms, stables or railway 
cars, where such disease exists, or has existed, be put in quar- 
antine, so that no domestic animals of the same species shall be 
removed from or brought to the premises or place so quarantined 
until the same shall have been properly disinfected ; to prescribe 
such regulations as he may judge necessary or expedient to pre- 
vent infection or contagion being communicated in any way 
from the places so quarantined; to call upon all sheriffs and 
deputy sheriffs, constables, policemen or other officers of the 
State, the City of Baltimore, or of any county, for information 
and assistance to carry out and enforce the provisions of such 
orders and regulations ; to prescribe regulations for the destruc- 
tion of animals affected with or exposed to an infectious or con- 
tagious disease, and for the proper destruction of their hides 
and carcasses, and all objects which might carry infection or 
contagion; to prescribe regulations for the disinfection of all 
buildings, premises and railway cars, and of all objects from 
which, or by which infection or contagion might take place, or 
be conveyed ; to alter and modify from time to time, as he may 
deem expedient, the terms of all such orders and regulations, 
and to cancel or withdraw the same at any time; and it shall 
be the duty of all sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, constables, police- 
men or other officers of the State, City of Baltimore, or coun- 
ties, to obey and observe all orders and instructions which they 
may receive from said State Board of Agriculture or its duly 
authorized officers or agents in the enforcement of the provisions 
of this Act within their respective jurisdiction. 



6. Any person who shall violate or transgress the terms or 
requirements of any order or regulation issued and prescribed 
by the said State Board of Agriculture or its duly authorized 
officer under the authority of this Article, or shall refuse to 



said officer or his assistants access to his premises, farms, stables, Penalty for 
cars, sheds or pens, or shall resist said officer of the State Board Access to* 
of Agriculture or his assistants in applying any of the quaran- Premises - 
tine orders or regulations or shall conceal the fact that con- 
tagious or infectious disease exists on his premises, shall be 
subject to a fine of not more than one hundred nor less than 
fifty dollars, which fine may be imposed by any station house 
Justice of the Peace of the City of Baltimore 1 , or any Justice 
of any county where such offense may be committed. 

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7. It shall be the duty of (all persons practicing veterinary 
medicine in this State to report immediately to said Board all 
cases of contagious or infectious diseases among live stock which 
may come to their knowledge) every practitioner of veterinary 
medicine in Maryland," immediately upon receiving informa- 
tion thereof, to report to the State Board of Agriculture each 
case of any of the following diseases, namely : glanders, anthrax, 
blackleg or black quarter; contagious pleuro-pneumonia, or lung Duties of 
plague of cattle; rinder pest or cattle plague; hemorrhagic sep- ^ e Report ians 
ticemia ; foot and mouth disease, or aphthous fever of cattle ; £ as( i s °. f 

c m p i p Contagious or 

southern cattle fever or lexas fever; sheep scab, mange of infectious 
cattle or horses; hog cholera, or swine plague; fowl cholera; 
rabies or hydrophobia; maladie du coit, or dourine of horses; 
advanced or generalized tuberculosis or tuberculosis of the 
udder ; or any other disease now or hereafter proclaimed by the 
State Board of Agriculture to be of a transmissible character, 
or any domestic animal reacting to tuberculin or mallein test. 
This report shall be in writing, and shall include a description 
of each animal affected, with the name and exact address of the 
owner or person in charge of the animal, if known, and the 
exact locality of the animal, and the number of susceptible 
domestic animals that have been exposed to the disease ; and a 
failure to so report for forty-eight hours after they shall come Pen ,^ r l°* 
into such knowledge shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and, upon Report 
conviction thereof, they shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars infectious 

p i rp Diseases. 

for each offense. 

8. It shall be unlawful for any person to inoculate any 
animal in this State with the virus of any infectious or con- 
tagious disease incident to animals without the consent in writ- To Regulate 
ing of the said State Board of Agriculture, and that any person inoculation 
convicted of this offense shall be fined a sum not less than one 

or more than five" hundred dollars, in the discretion of the 
Court. 



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Pay of Sheriffs 9. J\> r the performance of the duties imposed upon them, by 

and Constables ^ . -r r ./ 

tins Article, all constables, sheriffs or deputy sheriffs or other 
State officers shall be paid as for the performance of similar 
duties under existing laws. 

Duty of state's 10- It shall be the duty of all State's Attorneys to prose- 
Attorneys. cute a ]| p ersons accused of violating the provisions of this Arti- 
cle, and to defend in all cases of appeals from appraisements. 



Regulations 
of Board to 
Have Force 
and Effect 
of Laws. 

Appraisements 
Shall Be 
Approved by 
Board. 



11. All rules and regulations formulated and issued by said 
Board in pursuance of the powers hereby conferred upon it, 
shall have the force and effect of laws, and all violations of such 
rules and regulations shall be punished as misdemeanors are 
punished at common law. And all appraisements of animals 
to be slaughtered and of buildings to be destroyed shall be ap- 
proved by said Board before such animals are slaughtered or 
such buildings destroyed, and said Board shall have the discre- 
tion k> have such animals slaughtered or. quarantined. 



Penalty for 
Disposing of 
Diseased 
Animals. 



12. Any person who shall sell or otherwise dispose of an 
animal which he knows, or has good reason to believe, is affected 
with any contagious or infectious disease, or has been exposed 
thereto within ninety days, or shall permit the same to pass 
over or upon any public highway, street, lane or alley, or to 
graze any unfenced lot or piece of ground without the consent 
of the said Board, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not 
less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for 
each animal so driven or exposed ; such fine may be imposed by 
any station house Justice of the Peace of the City of Baltimore, 
or any Justice of any county where the offense shall be com- 
mitted. 



Penalty for l^. It shall be unlawful for any person to wilfully expose 

Exposing any animal to others affected with a contagious or infectious 

Healthy • „, -. , °. . •, 

Animals to disease, or tc put or suffer to be put any healthy or unexposed 

Affected with animal of the same species into any stable, or on any premises 

infeSu's 8 ° r which have been declared to be infected, until the same shall 

Diseases. have k e ; en declared to be free from such infection by the said 

State Board of Agriculture or its duly authorized officers or 

agents ; any person convicted of violating any of the provisions 

of this section slia'l be subject to a fine of not less than one nor 

more than five hundred dollars for each offense ; and the animal 

or animals so introduced into such infected Stables or premises, 

shall be slaughtered by" said State Board of Agriculture or its 



duly authorized officers or agents without appraisement or com- 
pensation from the State. 

14. In the event of any building or buildings, sheds, stables, Appraisal of 
stable furniture, hay, straw or fodder or feed being reported to Destroyed.* be 
the said Board by its officers as being incapable of proper dis- 
infection, the said Board may, in its discretion, have such build- 
ings or articles so infected appraised, as hereinafter provided 

for the appraisement of animals, and destroyed. 

15. In the event of its being deemed necessary for the said 
Board to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious disease, 
to cause any animal or animals so diseased, or exposed to such 
disease to be slaughtered, the value of such animal or animals 
shall be appraised under such rules and regulations as may be 
prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture, by two sworn 
appraisers, to be swom before any officer authorized to admin- 
ister oaths and affirmations, one of which appraisers to be ap- 
pointed by the owner or custodian of such animals, the other 
by the said Board of Agriculture or its duly authorized repre- 
sentative, or in case the said owner or custodian of such ani- 
mals shall neglect or refuse to name such appraiser, then by Appraisal of 
two appraisers to be appointed by said Board of Agriculture or Animals, 
its duly authorized representative, who in case of disagreement 

shall call in _a third ; but in no event shall the appraisement, 
together with the estimated value of the carcass, hide and offal 
exceed ninety per centum of the fair market value of the ani- 
mal or animals, or a total of five hundred dollars for any one 
animal ; and which said appraisement when approved by said 
Board of Agriculture shall be filed with the Comptroller; and 
the Comptroller shall forthwith issue his warrant to the Treas- 
urer for the amount of said appraisement, in favor of the said 
owner or owners; and if the owner or owners of such animals 
or buildings or other property shall not be satisfied with the 
amount of said appraisement, he may, within sixty days, appeal 
to the Circuit Court of the County, or to the Baltimore City 
Court, if such animals or buildings are within the City of Bal- 
timore, by filing in said Court a copy of the appraisement with 
a petition for a writ of subpoena against the officer representing 
the said State Board of Agriculture, and said appeals shall be 
acted upon by said Court in the' same manner as appeals from 
Justices of the Peace. 



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Empowering 
Board to 
Co-operate 
with U. S. 
Department of 
Agriculture. 



16. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized 
and empowered to agree with the Bureau of Animal Industry 
of the Department of Agriculture of the United States, or other 
properly constituted authority of the United States, for co- 
operation in the work of eradicating any contagious or infec- 
tious disease among live stock, in the State of Maryland, but 
such agreement shall provide that such work shall be under the 
control of the State authorities. 



Empowering 
Board to 
Employ 
Assistants 
to Control 
Epidemics. 



17. In the event of an epidemic of contagious or infectious 
disease among the live stock of this State, it shall be the duty 
of the said Board to appoint such assistants as may be necessary 
to promptly suppress the same and to fix their pay. 



Disposal of 
Carcasses of 
Diseased 
Animals. 



Penalty for 
Corruptly 
Passing as 
Healthy any 



18. When any animal is slaughtered under the provisions 
of this Article, the owner, subject to such regulations as may 
be prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture, may dispose 
of the whole or any part of the carcass, and of the hides and 
offal, in such manner as may not tend to spread disease or 
affect the health of the public; any inspector who shall cor- 
ruptly pass as healthy a diseased animal, or pass as healthy any 
animal or part of an animal contrary to the rules and regula- 

Anhnti or Part tions prescribed by the State Board of Agriculture, shall, upon 
of carcass. conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars. 

19. All hogs and other domestic animals dying of any con- 
tagious or infectious disease shall be buried at a depth of at 
least three feet or be burned, at the discretion of the owner;, 
and any person or persons permitting any dead hogs or any 
other domestic animals, having died of any contagious or infec- 
tious disease, to remain unburied upon his or their premises 
for the space of three hours prior to sunset of said day after 
he has discovered the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction thereof before any Justice of the Peace, 
shall be fined not less than ten dollars for each offense or im- 
prisoned in the county jail for not less than ten days, or be 
both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the justice. 

Dairymen Must 20. It shall be the duty of all dairymen or herdsmen or in-. 
with ^oSr of dividuals making a business of supplying milk to cities, towns 
Agriculture. an( j villages or elsewhere, to register their herds or cattle with 
the State Board of Agriculture, in violation of which the par- 
ties offending shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more 
than twenty for each offense. 



Penalty for * 
Allowing 
Animals 
Having Died 
of Disease to 
Remain 
Unburied. 



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21. It shall be the duty of the State Board of Agriculture T 

, . , , . ^ n ■ i . Inspection of 

to have inspected at least annually without notice to the owner Dairies, 
or those in charge of any dairy, or the parties supplying the 
milk as named in Section 20 the premises wherein cows are 
kept, and if such premises are found in an unsanitary condi- 
tion,- the said Board may prohibit the sale and shipment of 
milk from such premises until such time as such premises shall 
conform to the following sanitary rules : 

Rule 1. No building or shed shall be used for stabling cows sanitary Rules 
for dairy purposes which is not well lighted and ventilated, and for Dairies - 
which is not provided with sufficient feed troughs or boxes, and 
suitable floor, laid with proper grades and channels to imme- 
diately carry off all drainage; and if a public sewer abuts the 
premises upon which such building is situated, they shall be 
connected therewith whenever the Inspector considers such sewer 
connection necessary. 

Rule 2. No water closet, privy, cesspool or urinal, inhab- 
ited room or workshop shall be located within any building or 
shed used for stabling cows for dairy purposes, or for the stor- 
age of milk or cream; nor shall any fowl, hog, sheep or goat 
be kept in any room used for such purposes. 

Rule 3. It shall be the duty of each person using any prem- 
ises for keeping cows for dairy purposes to keep such prem- 
ises thoroughly clean and in good repairs and well painted or 
whitewashed at all times. 

Rule 4. It shall be the duty of each person using any prem- 
ises for keeping cows for dairy purposes to cause the buildings 
in which cows are kept to be thoroughly cleaned, and remove 
all dung from the premises so as to' prevent its accumulation in 
great quantities. 

Rule 5. Any person using any premises for keeping cows 
for dairy purposes shall provide and use a sufficient number of 
receptacles, made of nonabsorbent materials, for the reception, 
storage and delivery of milk, and shall cause them at all times 
to be cleaned and purified, and shall cause all milk to be re- 
moved without delay from the rooms in which cows are kept. 

Rule 6. Every person keeping cows for the production of 
milk for sale shall cause every such cow to be cleaned every 



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day, and to be properly fed and watered with an abundance of 
pure, clean water. 

Rule 7. Any enclosure where cows are kept shall be graded 
and drained, so as to keep the surface reasonably dry ; no gar- 
bage, fecal matter or similar matter shall be placed or allowed 
to remain in such enclosure unless sufficient straw or similar 
good absorbent material be used to keep the enclosure clean at 
all times, and no open drain shall be allowed to run through it. 
Any person who shall ship or sell milk contrary to the afore- 
said order of said Board, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one 
dollar nor more than twenty dollars for each day during which 
shipments shall be made after notice of such order. 

22. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby empowered 
to appoint and employ such assistants and agents, and to pur- 
chase such supplies and materials as may be necessary ; to con- 
duct examinations into the condition and care of the live stock 

Protection of of the State in its relation to the milk supply of cities, towns 
df 1 citfe^anT and villages or elsewhere, as may seem necessary ; and to make 
Towns. rules and regulations which shall have the effect of law for the 

protection of such milk supplies in its relation to public health 
and for the promotion of the dairy industry. The State Board 
Eequire of Agriculture may require the grading of all milk or the pas- 

teurization teurization of any or all milk to be sold or offered for sale in 
cities, towns and villages or elsewhere, and 'make rules and reg- 
ulations having the effect of law covering such grading or pas- 
teurization. 

Patrons of O n petition o'f twenty-five patrons of any dairy, creamery, or 

Ma e y m petit S ion cooling station, the State Board of Agriculture, shall, through 

for inspection, its duly authorized agent, make an inspection of such dairy, 

creamery or cooling station, including the testing and weighing 

of the milk or cream of each patron. 

The State Board of Agriculture shall make such regulations 
lD CTelm°e n ries. and inspections of dairies, creameries and cooling stations as 
it may deem necessary, for the protection of the public health 
and the promotion of the Dairy Industry. 

23. It shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale as certified 
milk or milk products, any milk or milk products that have not 
been produced under such rules and regulations as are or may 



of Milk. 



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from time to time be approved by. the State Board of Agricul- Penalty for 
ture ; and said Board shall make its rules and regulations for of Milk or 
the production of said milk comply with all the rules and re- Mllk Product8, 
quirements for the production of certified milk as may from 
time to time be approved by the American Association of 
Medical Milk Commissioners and the Certified Milk Producers 
Association of America. Any person, firm or corporation fail- 
ing to comply with any of the provisions of this section or of 
Section 22 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty 
dollars for each dav on which the offense was committed. 



' 24. The importation of dairy cows and neat cattle for breed- Im ^[* ati °p of 
ing purposes into the State of Maryland is hereby prohibited, Breeding 
excepting when such cows and neat cattle are accompanied by 
a certificate from an inspector, whose competency and reliability 
are certified to by the authorities charged with the control of 
the diseases of domestic animals in the State from whence the 
cattle came, certifying that they have been examined and sub- 
jected to the tuberculin test and are free from disease, and 
when said certification is satisfactory to the State Board of 
Agriculture. 

25. In lieu of an inspection certificate, as above required, 

the cattle may be detained at suitable stockyards nearest to the 

State line on the railroad over which they are shipped, and importation 
• c i of Cattle 

then examined at the expense oi the owner; or cattle as above without 

. . Health 

specified from points outside the State, may, under such restric- certificate. 
tions as may be provided by the State Board of Agriculture, be 
shipped in quarantine to their destination in Maryland, there 
to remain in quarantine until properly examined at the expense 
of the owner, and released by the State Board of Agriculture. 

26. The State Board of Agriculture is herebv authorized Board Can. 

,.-,.,? . * - . i Prohibit 

and empowered to prohibit the importation of domestic animals importation 
into the State of Maryland whenever in their judgment such Anim°a™ es ' 
measures may be necessary for the proper protection of the 
health of the domestic animals of the State, and to make and 
enforce rules and regulations governing such traffic as may 
from time to time be required. 

27. Any person, firm or corporate body violating the pro- 
visions of Sections 24, 25 or 26, shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall, in the proper Court 



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Penalty for 
Violation of 
Provisions 
of Sections 
24, 25, 26. 



of the County in which such cattle are sold, offered for sale, 
delivered to a purchaser, or in which such cattle may be de- 
tained in transit, for each offense forfeit and pay a fine of not 
more than one hundred dollars, or be punished by imprison- 
ment for not exceeding thirty days, either or both, at the dis- 
cretion of the Court. Such person, firm or corporate body shall 
be liable for the full amount of the damages that may result 
from the violation of said sections. 



Board charged 28. The State Board of Agriculture is hereby charged with 

me'n't o^iec^ the enforcement of Sections 24, 25 and 26, and is authorized to 
tions 24, 25, 26. see fa&t their provisions are obeyed and to make from time to 

time such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper 

for their enforcement. 



Penalty fop 
False Regis- 
tration of 
Animals. 



2 8 A. Every person who, by any false pretense, shall obtain 
from any club, association, society or company, for improving 
the breed of cattle, horses, sheep, swine or other domestic ani- 
mals, the registration of any animal in the herd register, or 
other register of any such club, association, society or company, 
or a transfer of any such registration ; and every person who 
shall knowingly give a false pedigree of any animal, upon con- 
viction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county 
jail for a term not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceed- 
ing one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprison- 
ment. 



Labeling of 
Biological 
Products. 



29. All tuberculin, mallein, or other biological products 
used for the testing or immunizing of animals sold, given 
away or used within the State shall bear a label, stating the 
name and address of the person, firm or institution making it, 
and the date of its preparation. 



Reports of 30. All persons selling or giving away any of the above 

Products sold mentioned products shall rerJort monthly to the director of the 

Awa^ lven State Laboratory for Biological Products the amount of each 

Required. so ] c ] or gi ven away, the degree of strength of same, the name 

and address of the person to whom sold or given, and the date 

of delivery. Said report shall include the address of and be 

signed by the person making the report. 



Persons Procur- 31. Persons buying or procuring any of the above men- 
Must Not use tioned products shall not use or dispose of the same until as- 
lepo e rt U Has sured in writing by the person from whom the tuberculin is 



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received that its delivery to said person has been reported to Been Made to 
the director of the State Laboratory tor Biological Products, fcaV^JK?' 
or unless they have themselves reported its receipt to the said tory ' 
director, with information required to be furnished those who 
distribute such products ; and such persons buying 1 or procuring 
such products shall keep a correct record of the amount re- 
ceived, the amount used and the amount on hand, and shall 
report these facts whenever any of these products left on hand 
are not deemed fit for use, or are not to be used, said person 
shall forward the same to the director of the State Laboratory 
for Biological Products, with a statement of where and when 
procured, the amount procured at the time, the amount used 
and his name and address. If the amount forwarded to the 
director of the State Laboratory for Biological Products, and 
the amount used, do not total the amount procured or pur- 
chased, a satisfactory statement shall be made as to what be- 
came of the remainder. 

32. No person shall treat any animal with any material or Unlawful t0 
substance nor in any manner for the purpose of preventing jf re |* e 4 1 n i t mals 
normal reaction on the part of such animal to -the tuberculin, Normal 
mallein or other test. No person shall knowingly sell or offer 
for sale any animal that has reacted to the tuberculin, mallein 
or other test, without giving information of such reaction to the 
purchaser. No animal that has reacted to the tuberculin, mal- 
lein or other test shall be sold or removed from the premises Not ?e Re- 

... . . p , moved With- 

where the test was made without permission m writing from the out Permis- 
state veterinarian. ' • 

33. The selling, giving away or distribution of vaccines, or 
biological products containing living organisms, to be used for 
the immunizations of the cattle against tuberculosis, glanders 
or other diseases of live stock, is hereby prohibited, except as 
hereinafter provided. An order of a doctor of medicine or grad- 
uate veterinarian ; who has been admitted by the representative 
State Board to practice in Maryland, in either case the doctor 
or veterinarian shall accompany the order for the material, with 

a statement containing the name and address of the owner of To t ^ e r^ a tr ibu- 
the animals it is proposed to treat, and the object of the treat- tkm ^Btoioi 
ment; and the said doctor or veterinarian shall state over his Containing 

Laving 

signature that he will be personally responsible for the proper organisms, 
use of the vaccinating material or other biological product. The 
original of the order shall be kept on file by the vendor or dis- 
tributor, and a copy of the same shall be filed by him with the 



Reaction. 



Reactors Must 



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director of the State Laboratory for biological products. The 
person, firm or corporation shall report the receipt of the mate- 
rial to the director of the State Laboratory for Biological Prod- 
ucts, along with a list of the animals it is proposed to treat, 
giving their ages and such description of each as will enable 
the State Veterinarian, or his representatives, to identify the 
same. 



Regulating Sale 
of Milk of 
Animals Hav- 
ing Been 
Treated With 
Biological 
Products 
Containing 
Living 
Organisms. 



34. The sale and distribution of milk or milk products 
from any animals treated with the vaccine or other biological 
products containing living organisms, within six months of the 
date of their last dose or injection of such material, is hereby 
prohibited, except with the written consent of and under such 
conditions as may be determined by the director of the State 
Laboratory for Biological Products. 



35. The Director of the State Laboratory for Biological 
Products may, with the consent o-f the State Veterinarian, au- 
thorize such person not connected with the State Laboratory,, 
as they deem qualified to make experiments with these mate- 
rials, and such shall not be considered a violation of Sections 
29-35. 



Penalty for Vio- 
lation of Pro- 
visions of 
Sections 29 
to 35. 



36. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the 
provisions of Sections 29-35 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than 
$25 or more than $100,, or by imprisonment for not less than 
one week or more than six months; or by both such fine and 
imprisonment in the discretion of the Court. 



To Establish a 
Biological 
Laboratory. 



37. The State Board of Agriculture shall establish, equip 
and supervise a biological laboratory for the production, testing 
or standardizing of tuberculin, mallein, hog cholera serum and 
other biological products needed for diagnosing, preventing im- 
munizing against or curing diseases among live stock in the 
State of Maryland, and to investigate and test biological meth- 
ods and products that have apparent value in treating diseases 



among live stock. 



state Board of 38. The director of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment 

shaii CU Appoint Station shall be the director of the State Laboratory for Bio- 

BiofogLTf ° f logical Products, and the State Board of Agriculture shall on 

Laboratory. nomination by the said director, appoint such persons as may 



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be necessary to carry on the work of preparing, distributing or 
using the products of the laboratory for the diagnosis, preven- 
tion, immunization or treatment of diseases among live stock 
in the State of Maryland, and shall fix the compensation for 
the services of such persons. 

39. The director of the State Laboratory for Biological Distribution 
Products may at his discretion sell to regularly licensed physi- Produ°cts Sical 
cians and veterinarians, or charge for the administration of the 
products of the laboratory at approximate cost of the same as 

may be set from time to time by the State Board of Agriculture. 

40. The director of the State Laboratory for Biological 
Products shall, at the request of the State Board of Health, Tests or in- 

. the State Live Stock Sanitary Board or the State Veterinarian, wun S Bioiogi 
and for State and public purposes only, pursue such tests or cal Products - 
investigations with biological products, on and for animals, as 
may be requested, provided the work in hand permits and the 
cost is within the State appropriation. 

41. There shall be appropriated out of any money in the Appropriation 
Treasury of Maryland not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Laboratory. 
$5,000.00 for the establishment of said Biological Laboratory, 

and for carrying out the purposes of Sections 37-40 the sum of 
$5,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby ap- 
propriated for the year 1913, and a like sum of $5,000.00, is 
hereby appropriated for the year 1914, to be paid to the said 
State Board of Agriculture out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated. 

42. All swine brought into this State for breeding purposes importation 
or for show purposes must be accompanied by a Health Cer- ° wine ' 
tificate issued by a graduate Veterinarian stating that they are 

free from all or any infectious or communicative diseases, and 
that no such diseases have existed on the premises from which 
the swine were shipped for a period of at least thirty days prior 
to shipment. 

43. Said certificate must show that the swine have been inoculation 
inoculated with hog cholera serum within thirty days of the W1 erum ' 
date of shipment, and all of said certificates shall be passed 

upon by the State Board of Agriculture, or their duly author- 
ized officer. Any person violating the provisions of this and 



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Penalty for the preceding Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
sections 42 and on conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than twenty- 
and 43 ' five dollars ($25.00) for each offense. 

sections 42 and 44. The two preceding Sections shall not apply to any swine 
Appi y °to swine shipped or driven into this State for immediate slaughter. 

for Immediate 
Slaughter. 

Board 45. For the purpose of further carrying out the provisions 

Empowered^ £ ^g Article, the State Board of Agriculture may institute 

Live stocky \[ Y q stock patrol along the State borders, which is hereby au- 

state Borders, thorized, the duty of said patrol being to prevent any live stock 

from being shipped or brought into this State which may be 

affected with any contagious or infectious disease, contrary to 

the laws regulating the shipment or bringing of such live stock 

into this State. 



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REGULATIONS OF THE LIVE STOCK SANITARY 

SECTION OF THE MARYLAND STATE 

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 

Requirements Governing trie Shipment of Livestock Into 

Maryland. 

Governing Importation of Bovine Animals. 

1. No bovine animal may be brought into the State of 
Maryland except in accordance with the requirements of the 
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry, the laws of Maryland, 
and the following regulations: 

2. Bulls-, cows and heifers six (6) months old or over may 
be legally accepted in Maryland when accompanied by a satis- 
factory certificate of health and tuberculin test chart, issued in 
triplicate: 

(a) By the proper official of the Federal Bureau of Animal 
Industry; 

(5) By a veterinarian whose competency and reliability are 
certified to on said certificate of health and test chart by the 
authorities charged, with the control of the diseases of domestic 
animals in the State of export; or, 

(c) By a duly accredited representative of this Board. 

3. The certificate must show that each animal has been suV 
jected to a careful physical examination and tuberculin test, 
and found free from tuberculosis and other transmissible dis- 
ease; that the animals were in apparent good health within ten 
(10) days of date of shipment, and that they have not been 
exposed to other contagious or infectious disease nor to tuber- 
culous animals since the date of the tuberculin test, 

\. No tuberculin test chart will be satisfactory to the State 
Board of Agriculture, unless: 

(a) The test has been applied within three (3) months of 
the date of shipment, except when the animal is from a "State 



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Accredited Herd," in a State where such work is approved by 
this Board, when the tuberculin test may have been applied at 
any time within twelve (12) months of the date of shipment; 

(5) It shows at least the number of preliminary and post 
temperatures with intervals of time required as an official test of 
the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry; 

(c) The identity of each animal can be readily determined 
either by a securely attached tag or by descriptions shown on 
the chart. 

5. The original report of the examination and test shall be 
immediately forwarded to the Live Stock Sanitary Section of 
the State Board of Agriculture,, 816 Fidelity Building, Balti- 
more, Md., so as to reach that office before the cattle arrive 
at destination. A duplicate certificate must be delivered to the 
agent of the transportation company at point of shipment; or, 
if the cattle are to be brought into the State on foot or by 
private conveyance, then this duplicate certificate must accom- 
pany them en route. 

6. Apparently healthy calves under six (6) months of age, 
certified not to have been exposed to tuberculous animals, shall 
be exempt from the requirements of the tuberculin test when 
brought into the State of Maryland, but all other conditions 
required for older animals must be complied with. 

7. Apparently healthy cattle may be shipped to the Union 
Stock Yards, Baltimore, where an inspection station has been 
established, without previous examination and test. All bulls, 
cows and heifers above the age of six (6) months will be 
examined and tuberculin tested at this point. No permits will 
be necessary for such shipments. No charge will be made for 
this test, but cattle will have to remain in the Stock Yards at 
the owner's risk and expense until the completion of the exam- 
ination and test, and until released by the representative of the 
State Board of Agriculture in charge of this work. 

8. Upon application permits may be secured to* import cattle 
under quarantine restrictions when satisfactory arrangements 
can not be made for the physical examination and tuberculin 
test previous to importation. When such a permit has been 
issued its forms must be properly filled out and forwarded as 
directed thereon. Such animals must remain under the quar- 



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antine restrictions at destination until subjected to a physical 
examination and x tuberculin test by a' veterinarian approved by 
the State Board of Agriculture, and until his examination and 
report are accepted as satisfactory by said Board, or its duly 
authorized representative. 

Note. — The law requires that examinations and tests made 
under this paragraph be made at the expense of the owner. 

9. Upon application special permits may be secured to im- 
port bovine animals for temporary exhibition purposes. Such 
application shall state full description of each animal for which 
a permit is desired. It shall further state the shipping destina- 
tion points, with length of time the cattle are to remain in Mary- 
land. 

10. These regulations shall not apply to cattle for imme- 
diate slaughter, when such cattle are slaughtered within five 
(5) days of their arrival within the State of Maryland. Fail- 
ure to slaughter an animal within the five (5) days that has 
been brought in under this clause, without the written permis- 
sion of the State Board of Agriculture or its duly authorized 
representative, showing the reason for such delay, will subject 
the owner of the animal to the full penalty for violating these 
regulations. 

11. Any person, firm or corporate body violating these regu- 
lations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
viction for each offense shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more 
than one ($100.00) hundred dollars, or be punished by im- 
prisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, either or both at the 
discretion of the court, as provided in Chapter 337, Acts of 
1916. 



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EXTRACT FROM MINUTES OF THE 

MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 

SEPTEMBER 28th 1917. 

It has come to the knowledge of this Board that dairy or 
breeding cattle are in some cases being brought into Maryland 
without the requisite health certificates from either the United 
States Bureau of Animal Industry or from the State of export, 
and without compliance with the regulations of this Board cov- 
ering the importation of dairy or breeding cattle unaccompanied 
by a proper health certificate ; and, 

As the Live Stock Sanitary law of the State makes clear that 
it is the especial duty of this Board to protect the breeders and 
owners of cattle in the State against the importation into Mary- 
land of any cattle with contagious disease; therefore, 

Be it Resolved, That any dairy or breeding cattle brought 
into the State of Maryland unaccompanied by a health certifi- 
cate, as required by this Board, must be held in quarantine 
until tested or released by an Inspector especially designated 
by this Board, or its duly authorized officer. 



IMPORTATION OF EQUINE ANIMALS. 

Effective July 1st, 1918. 

Horses, Mules and Asses brought into the State of Maryland 
must be accompanied by a certificate of health, approved by the 
proper authorities in control of diseases of domestic animals in 
the state of export, stating that the animals inspected are free 
from any contagious and infectious disease and have not been 
exposed thereto for a period of thirty days prior to shipment. 
Duplicate copy of this certificate must be mailed to the office of 
the Livestock Sanitary Section of the State Board of Agricul- 
ture, 816 Fidelity Building, Baltimore, Md., when shipment 
is made. 



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IMPORTATION OF SHEEP. 

(No Regulation".) 

REGULATION TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF HOG 

CHOLERA. 

1. These regulations are issued under authority given the 
State Board of Agriculture, Chapter 337, Acts of 1916, govern- 
ing the control of diseases of domestic animals. 

2. All swine brought into this State for feeding, breeding 
or show purposes must be accompanied by a certificate of health 
issued by a veterinarian whose competency and reliability are 
attested by the authorities charged with the control of domestic 
animals in the State of export, stating that they are free from 
any symptoms of infectious or communicable disease, and that 
each animal has been treated with a proper close of anti-hog- 
cholera serum from a United States approved laboratory within 
thirty (30) days of the date of entry into Maryland. 

3. Swine that have received the simultaneous treatment 
must not be brought into Maryland f of' purposes other than im- 

. mediate slaughter until a period of at least thirty (30) days 
has elapsed since date of treatment. Such animals must be 
given an antiseptic bath, as provided in Paragraph 8 of this 
Regulation, and not again exposed to infection before being 
shipped. 

4. No swine shall be removed from public stock yards, rail- 
road cars or pens or commission houses for breeding or feeding 
purposes without a permit from the duly authorized agent of the 
State Board of Agriculture. 

5. Swine may be moved from public stock yards in the 
State of Maryland for purposes other than immediate slaughter, 
provided the following requirements are strictly complied with : 

6. The swine shall be inspected by a Federal inspector or 
duly authorized agent of the State Board of Agriculture and if 
found free from symptoms of cholera and other contagious, in- 
fectious or communicable diseases in a thrifty condition and 
have not been in the yards over five (5) days they shall be 



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treated by a competent veterinarian under Federal or State 
supervision in a portion of the yards set aside for that purpose 
in accordance with the method as hereinafter described, pro- 
vided the temperature of each animal is taken before treatment 
and that only those which exhibit a temperature of less than 
104° F. shall be permitted to be moved from the yards. 

7. Treatment — They shall receive the "serum alone" treat- 
ment with anti-hog-cholera serum prepared under Federal Li- 
cense or by the State College of Agriculture, given in doses to 
conform with the requirements as specified in Amendment 3 
to U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry, Order ~No. 245. 

8. The "sero simultaneous" or double treatment will not be 
permitted where hogs are to be moved from public stock yards 
to points within the State of Maryland. 

9. After receiving the "serum alone" treatment they shall 
be disinfected in a 2% solution of compound solution of cresol 
U. S. P. or a permitted substitute and be held in disinfected 
pens for at least three (3) hours before being removed from 
yards. 

10. Shipment or removal must be made in disinfected cars 
or vehicles, and special disinfected chutes must be used in load- 
ing or unloading, or the animals may be transferred directly 
from one disinfected vehicle to another. 

11. These animals must be held in strict quarantine at des- 
tination for a period of thirty (30) days. 

12. Doses of Serum as Specified in 
Amendment 3 to Bureau of Animal Industry, 

Regulation No. 245. 

Weight of Swine. | Dose of Serum. 

20 to 40 pounds , 30 cubic centimeters. 

40 to 60 pounds 30 to 40 cubic centimeters. 

60 to 90 pounds 1 40 to 50 cubic centimeters. 

90 to 120 pounds 50 to 60 cubic centimeters. 

120 to 150 pounds 60 to 70 cubic centimeters. 

150 to 180 pounds 70 to 80 cubic centimeters. 

180 pounds and over 80 to 100 cubic centimeters. 



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13. All cars, wagons, pens, crates, yards, chutes and other 
vehicles or enclosures which have contained or have been exposed 
to diseased swine must be immediately cleaned and disinfected 
as required, in accordance with the rules of the United States 
Bureau of Animal Industry (Maryland State Board of Agri- 
culture Regulation No. 5), governing disinfection of premises. 

14. No swine that have been exposed to hog cholera or that 
have been treated with hog cholera YIRITS shall be removed 
from any premises for any purpose without a. permit from the 
duly authorized agent of the State Board of Agriculture. 

15. The "double" or sero-simultaneous treatment must not 
be administered to swine until after a permit shall have been 
obtained from the Live Stock Sanitary Section of the State 
Board of Agriculture. Such permits will be issued only when 
precautionary arrangements can be made to prevent the dis- 
semination of the disease, and the treatment must be admin- 
istered under the supervision of an especially designated agent. 

16. All swine which have been given the "double" treatment 
must be isolated and kept in quarantine for a period of at least 
thirty (30) days and until officially released. Before release 
from quarantine they must be given an antiseptic bath with a 
two (2%) per cent, solution of cresol compound TJ. S. P. or 
other officially approved disinfectant. 

IT. The premises occupied by the treated swine during the 
immunizing period must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, 
as above provided, before release of quarantine. 

18. No permits as above enumerated shall be valid unless in 
writing and signed by an officer or agent of the State Board of 
Agriculture. 

19. All cases of hog cholera shall be promptly reported to 
the State Board of Agriculture, 8] 6 Fidelity Building, Balti- 
more, Md., and the premises placed under quarantine. 

20. Exposed swine not intended for immediate slaughter 
should be given the "single" or "serum alone" treatment as a 
preventive measure and held in quarantine for thirty (30) days. 



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21. Upon application to the Biological Laboratory, State 
College of Agriculture, College Park, through a registered 
veterinarian anti-hog-cholera serum will be supplied to the 
farmers or breeders of Maryland at cost 7 of manufacture. 

22. The carcasses of all hogs and other domestic animals 
dying of any contagious or infectious disease must be disposed 
of in accordance with Section 19, Chapter 337, Acts of the Gen- 
eral Assembly of Maryland, 1916 : 

'23. "All hogs and other domestic animals dying 

of any contagious or infectious disease shall be 
buried at a depth of at least three (3) feet, or be 
burned, at the discretion of the owner. And any 
person or persons permitting any dead hogs or 
any other domestic animals, having died of any 
contagious or infectious disease, to remain un- 
buried upon his or her premises for the space of 
three (3) hours prior to sunset of said day after 
he has discovered the same, shall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before 
any justice of the peace shall be fined not less 
than ten ($10.00) dollars for each offense, or 
imprisoned in the county jail for not less -than 
ten (10) days, or be both fined and imprisoned 
in the discretion of the justice." 



WHO MAY INSPECT. 

State Veterinarians, Officially Certified inspectors in the State 
from which cattle originate, Agents of the Live Stock Sanitary 
Section of the State Board of Agriculture and Inspectors of 
the United States Bureau of Animal Industry. 



OFFICIALS. 

Live Stock Sanitary Section of the Maryland State Board of 
Agriculture, 816- Fidelity Building, Baltimore, Md. 



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RULES FOE THE EXAMINATION AND TUBERCULIN 
TESTING OF ANIMALS. 

Experience has shown the necessity for exactness and great 
care, and for uniformity of practice, in inspecting and testing 
cattle for tuberculosis. The following directions are for veter- 
inarians who make such inspections and tests for the State 
Board of Agriculture. They are drawn with reference to the 
subcutaneous tuberculin test, having in mind the greatest possi- 
ble economy of time that is consistent with accurate and reliable 
work : 

1. The herd to be tested should be confined to stalls to- which 
they are accustomed, if possible, and if this is not possible, then 
they should be arranged conveniently for the inspector, and 
kept so until any excitement has subsided before beginning the 
examination. 

2. _ The cattle must be listed on the test chart in the order 
in which they are to be tested, by the use of some designating 
mark or number affixed to each animal. Such mark must make 
the identity of each animal clear to the inspector, and must be 
durable enough to- last until the animal is tagged as non-react- 
ing^ or branded or tagged as reacted. Each animal must be 
described on the test chart in such manner as will make future 
identification possible. 

3. The herd should be fed and watered as usual throughout 
the test ; frequent watering is more desirable than allowing large 
quantities at less frequent intervals. 

4. All thermometers used in the test must be reliable, and 
should be compared for uniformity of reading before the test is 
commenced. Fractions of degrees should be recorded in tenths 
as decimals:, and not in fifths. The thermometers and hands of 
inspector should be washed in a disinfecting solution after each 
temperature is taken. 



5. The inspection should always begin with a careful physi- 
cal examination of each animal. This is essential, because in 
some advanced cases of tuberculosis no reaction follows the in- 
jection of tuberculin; but experience has shown that these are 
usuallv discoverable by physical examination. This examina- 



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tion should be complete, and include a" careful examination of 
the udder and of the superficial lymphatic glands, auscultation 
of the lungs, the detection of stenotic breathing or of cough- 
ing, the recognition of tuberculosis of the vulva, of tuber- 
culous discharge from the vagina, etc., etc. The injection of 
tuberculin and reading of the thermometer does not constitute 
an intelligent application of the tuberculin test. It is. necessary 
that strict attention also be given the physical condition of the 
animal during the taking of the post temperatures, as reactions 
are at times shown in ways other than by the typical elevation 
of temperature. 

6. Take each animal's temperature at least three times at 
two-hour intervals on the day of injection ; for instance, at 2, 4 
and 6 P. M. When a preliminary temperature registers 103° 
F. or above, tuberculin should not be injected. The test of such 
animal should be postponed. (The more certain the elimina- 
tion of febrile condition from other cause, the less likely an 
erroneous diagnosis from temperature readings.) 

7. Inject the tuberculin (use that supplied free of charge 
by the State Board of Agriculture) in the evening, preferably 
between the hours of 8 and 10. Injection must be made with 
a carefully sterilized hypodermic syringe. The dose should be 
graduated accurately. The most convenient point for injection 
is back of "the left scapula. Prior to injection the skin should 
be carefully washed with a five (5%) per cent, solution of 
creolin or other antiseptic. Disinfect needle between injections. 

8. In all cases temperature measurements must be taken 
every two (2) hours, beginning not later than the eighth hour 
and continuing up to the twenty-second hour after the injection 
of the tuberculin. Where the temperature is above normal at 
the twenty-second hour its measurements must be continued 
until a distinct reaction is recognized, or until the temperature 
begins to fall. 

The Federal Bureau of Animal Industry says : "A rise of 
two (2°) degrees F. or more above the maximum temperature 
on the day previous, or one which goes above 103.8° F., should 
be regarded as an indication of tuberculosis, provided the tem- 
perature reaction shows the characteristic rainbow curve. Ani- 
mals which, after injection, show a rise of temperature of two 
(2°) degrees F., with a maximum between 103° and 103.8° F., 



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as well as those which show a rise of less than two (2°) degrees 
F., with a maximum temperature of 103.8° F. or more, are to* 
be regarded as suspicious." 

Reacting animals must he tagged or branded if deemed neces- 
sary in the discretion of the agent of this Board. In special 
cases, at the discretion of the said agent, the tagging of healthy 
animals may be omitted. Suspicious cases should be kept apart 
from the healthy herd, and held for a retest. 

9. If there is any severe change in the atmospheric temper- 
ature during the progress of the test, the time of such change 
should be noted on the test chart. 

10. The records of the physical examination of cattle, and 
of their tuberculin test, as well as a report on the condition 
of the premises, must be forwarded to the Live Stock Sanitary 
Section of the State Board of Agriculture, within ten days 
after the inspection has been completed. 

11. No retest shall be made except when authorized by the 
veterinarian in charge of the Live Stock Sanitary Section of 
the State Board of Agriculture. 

An animal once giving a typical tuberculin reaction must 
always be considered tubercular, no matter what any subsequent 
test may indicate. 

12. Tuberculin tests of suspicious animals shall be made 
with double doses of tuberculin, or retest tuberculin, and the 
taking of their temperature shall begin not later than six (6) . 
hours after the injection has been made, and continued as re- 
quired in the regular test. 

13. The tuberculous cattle should be removed from the herd,, 
and kept away from those that are healthy. The milk from 
such reacting animals must be pasteurized or sterilized before 
it is used for food, either for humans or animals. They shall 
be quarantined by the service of a quarantine notice. As a rule, 
authority will be given to dispose at once of cows with udder 
tuberculosis, or with open tuberculosis ; but reacting cattle that 

-'do not show external signs of tuberculosis— if they are to be 
killed, shall, when possible, be killed in a slaughter house sub- 
ject to the meat inspection regulations of the Federal Bureau 
of Animal Industry. 



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14. After the completion of the inspection and removal of 
the diseased animals from the herd, the buildings and surround- 
ings must be very thoroughly disinfected, in accordance with the 
instructions for this work contained in Maryland State Board 
of Agriculture Live Stock Sanitary Regulation No. 2. This 
must not be omitted in any case, and must be carried out with 
close attention to details. The owner of the herd must pay for 
the disinfectant and furnish the necessary labor at his own 
expense, as one of the conditions on which the examination is 
made. The veterinarian making the test, or a duly authorized 
agent of this Board, must supervise this work and see that it 
is thoroughly and properly performed. 



APPRAISEMENT OF DISEASED ANIMALS TO BE 
SLAUGHTERED. 

As the Maryland State Board of Agriculture has no definite 
appropriation for the reimbursement of owners of diseased 
animals appraisements will only be made subject to the con- 
ditions as set forth in the following form of agreement: — 

P. O 

Date 

Maryland State Board of Agriculture, 
816 Fidelity Building, 
Baltimore, Maryland, 

Gentlemen : 



It is the understanding and agreement of the undersigned 
that the appraisal to be made of the value of the animals of 
which I am the owner or custodian, which are about to be 
slaughtered, is subject to the conditions hereby assented to by 
the undersigned; that the award when made shall not be ap- 
proved by your Board, and shall not be filed with the Comp- 
troller ; that the amount thereof shall in no> event be paid unless 
the next Legislature, in its discretion, shall make an appropria- 
tion for that purpose; that there shall be no obligation of any 
kind upon your Board to ask the next Legislature for such ap- 
propriation, and no obligation of any kind — moral or other- 
wise, upon the State or any of its officers to cause the amount of 
the said award to be paid; and I expressly release any and all 



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appropriations made to your Board from any liability for the 
payment of said award when made. 

Very truly yours, 



In the event that it is deemed necessary to prevent the spread 
of contagious or infectious- disease to cause any animal or ani- 
mals so diseased or exposed to such disease to be slaughtered, 
under the provisions of Chapter 337, Acts of 1916, the follow- 
ing rules shall govern: 

1. No appraisement shall be made, or compensation paid, 
for animals slaughtered that have been brought into the State 
contrary to the laws of the United States, or of Maryland, or 
to the regulations of the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry, or 
the regulations of the State Board of Agriculture. 

2. No appraisement shall be made, or compensation paid to 
the owner, for any animal slaughtered because of its wilful ex- 
posure to contagious or infectious disease, either by contact 
with animals known to have a contagious or infectious disease, 
or by permitting said animal to enter any premises known to 
have been infected, until the same has been properly disinfected 
in accordance with Regulation No. 5. 

3. No appraisement shall be made, or compensation paid to 
the owner, for any tuberculous animal that has not been in the 
State or that has not been the bona fide property of said owner 
for at least six (6) months prior to the date of its condemnation 
for slaughter. 

4. Appraisements may be made as herein provided for the 
compensation of owners of animals slaughtered to prevent the 
spread of contagious or infectious disease, but after the funds 
available for such compensation shall have been exhausted, 
said appraisements shall not constitute a valid ^laim against 
the State of Maryland or any officer thereof. 

5. Pure bred and registered equine or bovine animals may 
be appraised at not over $125.00 each, and grades of either of 
these species at not over $75.00 each. Pure bred and registered 
sheep or swine may be appraised at not over $15.00 each, and 
the grades of either of these species at not over $10.00 each. 



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6. Animals exhibiting physical evidence of disease shall be 
appraised as diseased animals. 

7. When the nature of the disease is such that the repre- 
sentative of the State Board of Agriculture shall deem the 
destruction of all parts of the animal necessary to prevent the 
spread of the disease, the disposal shall be in accordance with 
Regulation No. 4. 

8. When the only evidence of disease is the reaction to a test 
with a biological product, such as tuberculin, then the original 
appraisement shall be (within the limits above stated) as for a 
sound animal, and the final appraisement shall be determined 
by the results of post-mortem inspection, according to the fol- 
lowing rules: 

Rule 1. If any animal is found upon post-mortem inspec- 
tion, by an inspector of the Federal Bureau of Animal Indus- 
try, or an authorized agent of the State Board of Agriculture, 
not to be affected with disease, the owner shall sell all market- 
able parts of said animal for a reasonable price, and this amount 
shall be deducted from the original appraisal ; and the balance, 
if any, thus remaining shall be the net amount of the appraise- 
ment to be approved to the Comptroller of Maryland for pay- 
ment. 

Rule 2. If any animal is found upon post-mortem inspection 
to be affected with disease, and the lesions are such that parts 
of the carcass are passed for food, the owner shall sell the same, 
and also the hide, for a reasonable price, which amount shall be 
deducted from eighty (80%) per cent, of the amount of the ap- 
praisal ; and the balance, if any, thus remaining shall be the net 
amount of the appraisement to be approved to the Comptroller 
of Maryland for payment. 

Rule 3. If any animal upon post-mortem inspection is con- 
demned for offal, the owner shall sell the hide for a reasonable 
price, which price shall be deducted from forty (40%) per 
cent, of the amount of the appraisal ; and the balance, if any, 
thus remaining shall be the net amount of the appraisement to 
be approved to the Comptroller of Maryland for payment. 



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THE SLAUGHTER OF DISEASED ANIMALS. ■ 

In the event of its being deemed necessary to prevent the 
spread of contagious or infectious disease, to cause any animal 
or animals so diseased, Or exposed to such disease, to he slaugh- 
tered under Chapter 337, Acts of 1916, the following regula- 
tions shall apply: 

1. When in the judgment of the authorized officer of the 
State Board of Agriculture it is necessary to totally destroy the 
carcass of an animal, such destruction or disposal shall be made 
by one of the following methods : 

(a) Cremation of the entire carcass, with all its parts and 
products. 

(&) Boiling the carcass and all its parts and products in 
water, or heating the same with steam at the temperature of 
boiling water continuously during at least two (2) hours. 

(c) Burial of the carcass and all its parts and products in 
such place as shall not be subjected to overflow from ponds or 
streams, and which shall be distant not less than one (100) 
hundred feet from any water course, well or spring, public 
highway, house or stable. In burying such carcass it shall be 
covered with quicklime to a depth of not less than three (3) 
inches, and no part of such carcass shall be within two (2) feet 
of the surface of the ground when such grave is filled and smooth 
with the level of the surrounding surface; such grave shall be 
so protected that the carcass may not be accessible to' dogs or 
other animals. 

2. When the nature of the disease is such that the imme- 
diate destruction of the carcass is not necessary to prevent the 
spread of the disease, as in the case of reaction to tuberculin 
test, then the animal to be killed shall, when possible, be killed 
in a slaughter house subject to the meat inspection regulations 
of the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry. Such part or parts 
as may be then passed by the Federal inspector shall be sold at 
a fair price by the owner, as provided in Regulation No. 3. 

In case it is impossible to have such animal killed in a 
slaughter house subject to the meat inspection regulations of the 
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry, and when in the opinion of 



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the duly authorized officer of the State Board of Agriculture 
there would be no danger of transmitting sUch disease by the 
sale or use of any part of the carcass or hide, then the said 
officer shall give the owner a written permit naming such parts 
as shall be sold, and the owner shall sell the same for a fair 
price, as provided in Regulation No. 3, and shall destroy the 
remaining parts of the carcass as herein provided. 



DISINFECTION OF PREMISES. 

The following are the rules of the Federal Bureau of Animal 
Industry for the disinfection of premises, and must be followed 
for the disinfection of all buildings, premises, etc, where a con- 
tagious or infectious disease has been located and the diseased 
animals removed, before any healthy or unexposed animals of 
the same species shall be permitted to gain access to such prem- 
ises, as provided in Chapter 337, Acts of 1916: 

The owner must pay for the disinfectant and furnish the 
necessary labor, and the work shall be done under the super- 
vision of an authorized representative of the United States 
Bureau of Animal Industry, or of this Board. 

1. Sweep ceilings, side walls, stall partitions, floors and other 
surfaces, until free from cobwebs and dust. 

2. Remove all accumulations of filth by scraping ; and if the 
woodwork has become decayed, porous or absorbent, it should 
be removed, burned, and replaced with new- material. 

3. If the floor is of earth, remove four (4) inches from the 
surface, and in places where it shows staining with- urine a 'Suffi- 
cient depth should be removed to expose fresh earth. All earth 
removed should be replaced with earth from an uncontaminated 
source, or a new floor of concrete may be laid, which is very 
durable and easily cleaned. 

4. All refuse and material from stable and barnyard should 
be removed to a. place not accessible to any animal liable to 
contract the disease with which the premises have been infected. 
The manure should be spread on fields and turned under, while 
the wood should be burned. 



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5. The entire interior of the stable, especially the feeding 
troughs and drains, should be saturated with a disinfectant, as 
liquor cresolis compositus .(IT. S. P.), or carbolic acid, six (6) 
ounces to every gallon of water in each case. After this has 
dried, the stalls, walls and ceilings may be covered with white- 
wash (lime wash), to each gallon of which should be added four 
(4) ounces of chloride of lime. 

The best method of applying the disinfectant and the lime 
wash is by means of a strong spray-pump, such as those used 
by orchardists. 

- This method is efficient in disinfection against most of the 
contagious and infectious diseases of animals, and should be 
applied immediately following any outbreak; and, as a matter 
of precaution, it may be used once or twice yearly. 

6. It is important that arrangements be made to admit a 
plentiful supply of sunlight and fresh air by providing an 
ample number of windows, thereby eliminating dampness, stuffi- 
ness, bad odor, and other insanitary conditions. Good drainage 
is also very necessary. 

If the use of liquor cresolis compositus, carbolic acid, or other 
coal tar products is inadmissible because of the readiness with 
which their odor is imparted to milk and other dairy products, 
bichloride of mercury may be used in proportion 1 to 800, or 
one (1) pound of bichloride to one (100) hundred gallons of 
water. However, all portions of the stable soiled with manure 
should be first thoroughly scraped and cleaned, as the albumen 
contained in manure would otherwise greatly diminish the dis- 
infecting" power of the bichloride. Disinfection with this ma- 
terial should be supervised by a veterinarian or other person 
trained in the handling of poisonous drugs and chemicals, as the 
bichloride of mercury is a powerful corrosive poison. The man- 
gers and feed-boxes, after drying following spraying with this 
material, should be washed with hot water, as cattle are especially 
susceptible to mercurial poisoning. The bichloride solution 
should be applied by means of a spray-pump, as recommended 
for liquor cresolis compositus. 



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REGULATING THE OPERATION OF DAIRIES, 

CREAMERIES, CHEESE FACTORIES, AND 

RECEIVING AND SKIMMING 

STATIONS. 

Section 1. It shall be the duty of all owners, operators and 
managers of dairies, creameries', cheese factories, receiving sta- 
tions and skimming stations, to file with the State Board of 
Agriculture such information regarding their plants as is re- 
quired by blanks that will be furnished by the Live Stock Sani- 
tary Section for such purposes. 

Section 2. Every owner, operator or manager of a dairy,, 
creamery, cheese factory, receiving station or skimming sta- 
tion, shall, before returning to or delivering to any person or 
persons skimmed milk, separator slop or other milk or milk 
products to be used for food or feeding purposes for domestic 
animals, cause such skimmed milk or other milk products to be 
thoroughly pasteurized by heating to at least 178 degrees Fahr- 
enheit. 

Section 3. Milk produced by a cow which has reacted to a 
tuberculin test or is affected with a dangerous transmissible dis- 
ease, shall not be used as food for animals unless it has been 
previously heated to at least 178 degrees Fahrenheit, except a 
special examination has been made under the direction of a duly 
authorized officer of the State Board of Agriculture, and written 
permission secured for such use of said milk. 

Section 4. Any person, firm or corporate body failing to 
comply with the above regulations shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined as provided in 
Chapter 337, Acts 1916. 



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LAWS REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF VETERI- 
NARY MEDICINE. 

Article 43, Annotated Code of Maryland. 

136. A commission is hereby established to be known under 
the name and style of the "State Veterinary Medical Board/' 
to consist of five commissioners, who shall be members in good 
standing of some school of veterinary medicine, who shall be 
appointed by the Governor every four years, and who shall hold 
their office until their successors are duly appointed and quali- 
fied, with power in and to said board to adopt by-laws and regu- 
lations such as they may deem advisable to carry into effect the 
provisions of this sub-title; provided, the said by-laws shall not 
conflict with the Constitution or laws of this State or of the 
United States. 

137. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to prac- 
tice veterinary medicine or surgery in the State of Maryland 
without having previously obtained a diploma from a college 
duly authorized to grant such to students of veterinary medicine 
and surgery or to those who have passed satisfactory examina- 
tions before the State Veterinary Medical Board or as herein 
provided for. 

138. The said State Veterinary Medical Board shall hold 
their meetings at such times and places as they may deem best, 
which times and places shall be set out fully and regularly in 
their by-laws. 

139. The State Veterinary Medical Board shall examine all 
diplomas as to their genuineness, and each applicant not hold- 
ing a diploma shall submit to a theoretical and practical exami- 
nation before the State Veterinary Medical Board, said exami- 
nation to be written, oral or both, which examination, if passed 
to the satisfaction of the said board, shall entitle the applicant 
to practice veterinary medicine and surgery, subject to provi- 
sions and regulations of this sub-title and regulations of the said' 
board. 



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140. All examinations of persons not graduates shall- be 
made directly by the State Veterinary Medical Board, and the 
certificates given by the said board shall authorize the possessors 
to practice veterinary medicine and surgery in the State of 
Maryland. All examinations of ungraduated practitioners must 
take place before the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hun- 
dred and ninety-four. After that date no certificate shall be 
granted except to persons presenting diplomas from legally 
chartered colleges. 

1-11. Any person shall be regarded as practicing veterinary 
medicine and surgery, within the meaning of this sub-title, who 
shall have received a license as mentioned in Section 139 ; but 
nothing in this sub-title shall be construed to prohibit members 
of the medical profession from prescribing for domestic ani- 
mals in case of emergency and collecting a fee therefor, nor to 
prohibit gratuitous services in an emergency, nor to prevent any 
person from practicing veterinary medicine and surgery on any 
animal belonging to himself or herself. And this sub-title shall 
not apply to commissioned veterinary surgeons in the United 
State_s Army. 

142. It shall be the duty of such board to keep a register of 
all practitioners qualified under this sub-title practicing veteri- 
nary medicine and surgery or any branches thereof in this 
State, and to cause the same to be published at least once a 
year in two newspapers published in the City of Baltimore. 

143. The said board shall within six months from April 6, 
1894, prepare said register, in which the name of all graduate 
practitioners in the State at the time and in actual practice 
shall, on application to the said board, be inserted without ex- 
amination and shall also on application' insert the names of 
such persons who are practitioners in actual practice without a 
diploma or certificate or qualification from a recognized school, 
who have been in practice for five years and upwards, prior to 
the enactment of this sub-title, upon proof to the said board, 
that they have been so practicing ; that all persons practicing at 
this time and not having been so practicing for five years ante- 
cedent to such enactment, shall undergo an examination before 
the said board, and if found by said board competent to prac- 
tice, the persons so examined and approved shall be entitled to 
registration. 



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144. The said board shall have power to reject any appli- 
cant for registration whose examination papers or diploma are 
not satisfactory. 

145. ]STo person shall be permitted to practice veterinary 
medicine or surgery or any branch thereof in the State of 
Maryland, who does not possess- a diploma issued from a col- 
lege or school of veterinary medicine, duly incorporated and 
legally licensed to issue diplomas; and if said diplomas shall 
be issued after the first day of January, 1895, it shall be re- 
ceived only from a college or school of veterinary medicine, 
which shall require a three years' course of study before issu- 
ing said diploma, and shall have passed such examination or 
test as may be from time to time instituted as a test of qualifi- 
cation by such board, and persons producing such certificates or 
diplomas who pass such test examination shall, on payment of 
such fees as are hereinafter provided for, 'be registered ^s vet- 
erinary practitioners. 

146. !No moneys shall be paid out of the State Treasury for 
the use or purposes of this sub-title. 

147. Any person not registered who shall practice veterin- 
ary medicine or surgery, or any branch thereof within the State 
of Maryland, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
shall be fined in the sum of not less than one hundred nor 
more than five hundred dollars for each offense, or imprison- 
ment in the house of correction for any term not less than three 
months, nor more than twelve months for each and every offense. 

148. The said board shall be the prosecutor in all cases 
under this sub-title, and such fine and imprisonment may be im- 
posed by any justice of the peace of the city of Baltimore or 
any county where such offense may be committed. 

149. One moiety of the fine imposed under this sub-title 
shall be paid to the informer, and the other moiety shall be 
paid into the county treasury wherein the offense shall have 
been committed. 

150. From and after April 16, 1914, any person shall be 
regarded as practicing Veterinary Medicine and Surgery in the 
State of Maryland who shall, in said State, append or cause 
to be appended to his name the letters V. S., D. V. M., V. M. D.. 



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M. D. V., M. D. 0., D. V. S., or M. R. C. V. S,, or the words 
'Veterinary/' "veterinarian," "veterinary surgeon," "veterinary 
dentist," "veterinary farrier," "veterinary horseshoer," "horse 
dentist" or "horse doctor," or who shall prescribe, advise, or 
apply any drug or medicine or other agency, for the relief or 
cure of any sick, diseased or injured animal, or who shall pub- 
licly profess to do any of these things, and who charge or receive 
therefor money or other compensation, directly or indirectly; 
provided, however, that any person may without compensation 
apply any medicine and perform any operation for treatment,, 
relief, or cure of any sick, diseased or injured animal. Pro- 
vided, further, however, Sections 150 and 150 A shall not apply 
to those persons who have been engaged in the practice of geld- 
ing, but they shall be at liberty to continue the said practice 
without registering with the State Veterinary Medical Board. 

150A.* Any person who has received a diploma from a 
veterinary college lawfully authorized to confer the same, and 
who has maintained an office for the practice of veterinary 
medicine in Montgomery County for the period of Jive years. 
on or before April 16, 1914, upon submission of proof of such 
facts to the State Veterinary Medical Board and the payment 
of a fee of one dollar, shall be licensed by said Board to prac- 
tice veterinary medicine in said Montgomery County without 
examination. Any person, not a graduate of a college lawfully 
authorized to confer a degree in veterinary medicine, who has 
been continuously engaged in the practice of veterinary medi- 
cine, as a means of livelihood, in Montgomery County for a 
period of five years previous to April 16, 1914, upon proof of 
such facts to the State Veterinary Medical Board, shall be al- 
lowed to continue the practice of the same, and be entitled to be 
registered by said Board within nine months from said date. 

CHAPTER 108. 

An Act to further regulate the practice of veterinary medicine 
and surgery in the State of Maryland, in Harford County. 

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary- 
land, That any person who* has received a diploma from a Veter- 
inary School or College lawfully authorized to confer the same 



*This section does not seem to be embraced in the title or 
enacting clause of the Act of 1914, Chapter 842. 



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and who has maintained an office for the practice of veterinary 
medicine in Harford County for the period of ten years before 
the passage of this Act, upon submission of proof of such facts 
to the State Veterinary Medical Board of Maryland, and the 
payment of the fee of $1.00, shall be licensed by said Board 
to practice veterinary medicine in Harford County without ex- 
amination. And any person not a graduate of a school or col- 
lege lawfully authorized to confer a degree in veterinary medi- 
cine, who has been engaged in the practice of veterinary medi- 
cine as a means of livelihood in said Harford County for the 
period of ten years before the passage of this Act, shall upon 
the proof of such facts to the State Medical Board of Mary- 
land be allowed to continue the practice of the same and be 
entitled to be registered by said Board within twelve months 
from the date of the passage of this Act. 

Approved March 31st, 1916. 



STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL BOARD. 

1918. 

Dr. G. H. Grapp, President, 3900 Clifton Avenue, Baltimore, 
Md. 

Dr. Hulbert Young, Secretary, 4105 Garrison Avenue, Balti- 
more, Md. 

Dr. R. V. Smith, Frederick, Md. 

Dr. Glenn W. Horner, Westminster, Md. 

Dr. H. J. McCarthy, Reisterstown Road and Primrose Ave- 
nue, Arlington, Md. 




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